04/08/1999 06:06 PM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9                                                                                                   
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State                                                                           
of Alaska relating to ways and means bills.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dave Donley handed out to committee members                                                                             
information for consideration. [No copies were made                                                                             
available to the Senate Finance Committee Secretary for the                                                                     
official record - see minutes from the April 9, 1999                                                                            
meeting.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
He told the committee he had been working with Tam Cook,                                                                        
Legal Council, Legal Services, Legislative Affairs Agency,                                                                      
to find a way to allow the Governor some flexibility to do                                                                      
line item veto on a ways and means bill as suggested by                                                                         
Senator Al Adams. Senator Dave Donley had an amendment                                                                          
drafted, which he thought could do that. He and Tam Cook                                                                        
had come up with a plan that would allow the Governor to                                                                        
veto a certain part of a ways and means bill, but could not                                                                     
delete individual words to change the intent of the bill.                                                                       
He detailed the changes to the drafting manual that would                                                                       
accomplish this.